About

Julia Kloiber is the Co-Founder of the feminist organization Superrr Lab, a research and advocacy organization. Her work focuses on shaping digital strategies and concepts that put societal benefit and fairness at the center.
With a background in technology, design, and media studies, Julia has worked with international organizations such as the Mozilla Foundation, the Open Knowledge Foundation, and The Engine Room. She has led and supported numerous projects that promote transparency and the reuse of open data, including Germany’s first civic tech incubator, Stadt Land Code. Julia regularly speaks at international conferences such as TED, the Personal Democracy Forum, and the World Design Conference, and advises governments and nonprofits on digital strategy and transformation.
In 2014 she co-founded Code for Germany and helped grow it into a nationwide network of more than 1,000 civic tech volunteers across 25 cities in Germany . She also played a key role in building Code for All, the global network of Code-for organizations with partners on six continents.
In 2016 Julia co-founded Germany's first public funding program dedicated to open-source software projects: the Prototype Fund. Since its launch, the fund has received hundreds of applications and supports open-source initiatives across Germany with more than €14 million in funding.
She serves on the advisory board of the German Postcode Lotterie, is a member of the Fachbeirat at DSEE (Deutsche Stiftung für Engagement und Ehrenamt), and is affiliated with the Open Knowledge Foundation. She previously served on the board of the Federal German Digital Strategy (2022–2024) and on the board of the German Digital Service (2020–2025). She is an alumna of the Global Leadership Academy. From 2018–2019, she was a Fellow at the Mozilla Foundation.
Before joining the open movement, Julia worked in political campaigning and marketing for Platoon. Cultural. Development. in Berlin and Women Make Movies in New York.
Email: mail@juliakloiber.com
Projects:
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Superrr Lab
Demanding inclusive and radically diverse digital futures -
Prototype Fund
An open source funding program for digital social innovation -
Code for Germany
Code for Germany: Use your skills to improve yor city -
Apps & the City
Germany's first Open Transport hackathon series -
Stadt Land <Code>
Digital tools for Citizens and Cities
Talks:
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Content Moderation – Exploitation as a Service
republica 2023 -
Reclaiming Data Cities: Fighting for the Future We Really Want
Disruption Lab -
My vacuum cleaner has sold the floor plan of my apartment to IKEA
Z2X Digital -
Request for Optimism
Keynote at Impakt Festival, Utrecht -
Future Perfect - how to speculate about the future and drive change
Personal Democracy Forum CEE 2018 -
Let's build better digital tools for our cities!
TED Talk: Coding for the public good
Articles & Publishing:
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FAZ Feuilleton
Gastbeitrag FAZ -
FAZ Feuilleton
Interview FAZ Feuilleton -
Is philantropy in crisis?
Interview with Die Zeit -
Digital, aber gut
Female pioneers in tech for society -
Ding! Magazine
Ding – A magazine about futures -
FAZ Quaterly – You can do this!
Interview: This is how women thrive in tech -
Open Data and mobility
Opinion piece on Open Data in the mobility sector. -
FAZ Online – Bitte ein Byte
The State of Open Data in Germany -
Enorm Magazine
Cover Story Enorm magazine -
Wired
Wired Germany's Innovators 2015 -
Das Netz
Article for ‘Das Netz 2014’